tumblr-full-backup

Export the post and images from your tumblr blog, or post and images from your liked posts in Tumblr. Heavily inspired by, mmmmm, ripped off from tumblr-photo-export

Dependencies

• httparty

    [sudo] gem install httparty
  

• reverse_markdown

    [sudo] gem install reverse_markdown
  

Setup

1. Clone the repo:

    $ git clone git@github.com:zigotica/tumblr-full-backup.git
   

   If you do not use Git, you can simply download the project in .zip format

2. (Optionally) modify defaults at export.rb file: public_dir, liked_dir, image_subdir, download_num, limit

3. Register a new app, this will allow you to fetch data from Tumblr programmatically: https://www.tumblr.com/oauth/register

4. Copy the OAuth Consumer Key of the app, you will need it later.

5. (Optionally) Add two keys to your bash/zsh:

    export TUMBLR_USERNAME="MY_FANTASTIC_TUMBLR_USERNAME"  
    export TUMBLR_CONSUMER_KEY="MY_DAUNTING_OAUTH_CONSUMER_KEY"  
   

Download posts, including images

1. Go to the app directory and run [optional if performed step 5]:

    ruby export.rb posts [TUMBLR_USERNAME TUMBLR_CONSUMER_KEY]
   

2. Posts and images from your Tumblr blog will be downloaded to the public_dir folder.

Download likes, including images

1. Enable the option "Share posts you like".

2. Go to the app directory and run [optional if performed step 5]:

    ruby export.rb likes [TUMBLR_USERNAME TUMBLR_CONSUMER_KEY]
   

3. Posts and images from posts you liked will be downloaded to the liked_dir folder.

Todo

• Refactor write to insert correct contents depending on post type
• Manage photo sets
• Add downloaded image info to post header
• Create index page for posts/likes
• Build a static site from downloaded files